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Folio 2. An Account of the indentures of apprentice bound out by the Bedford Charity.

June - Sept 1763

From: 1763 To: 1763

Folio 2 1763 John Piggott, 1 June 1763 to John Cave, alderman of Bedford - Draper Thomas Cooper, 8 June 1762 to Thomas Breadsell of Bedford – Carpenter and joiner William Stewardson, 8 June to William Stewardson of Bedford – Whitesmith John Crouch, 8 June to Thomas Brown of Ampthill, - cordwainer Thomas Cattlin, 8 June to Edward Chapman of Bedford – Cordwainer Richard Hewitt, 24 June to Thomas Somes of St Neots – Taylor Martha Day, 8 August to Jemima Mehew of Bedford – Lacemaker Elizabeth Lane, 1 Sept to Penelope Lightwood of Bedford, Mantuamaker Ann Witt, 1 Sept to Ann Mingay of Bedford – Mantuamaker Elizabeth Smith, 1 Sept to John and Mary Stewardson of Bedford – Lace maker John Wright, 1 Sept to Thomas Kirby of Bedford – Stone Mason and cutter - Apprentice died Ann Clare, 1 Sept to Elizabeth Richardson of Bedford – Quilter and mantuamaker Eleanor Cranfield 1 Sept to Abigail Rugeley of Bedford – Mantuamaker William Wootton, 1 Sept to Richard chapman of Bedford – Woolstapler, dresser and comber Peter Pettit, 1 Sept to John Raymonds of Potton – Woolcomber and stapler Martha Cooper, 1 Sept to Thomas Rush of Bedford – Grocer and lace maker Hannah Walton, 1 Sept to Susannah Page of Bedford – mantuamaker Hannah Button, 1 Sept to Mary Docherill of Bedford – Lacemaker Mary Melchbourne, 1 Sept to Alice Melchbourne of Bedford – Lacemaker Elizabeth Ruffhead, 1 Sept to Catherine Reynolds of Bedford – lacemaker John Tilley, 1 Sept to William Carles of Bedford – Cordwainer Thomas Layton, 1 Sept to Richard Chapman of Bedford – Woolcomber, stpler and dresser Mary Field, 1 Sept to John Fields of Bedford – Glover

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Breadsell, Thomas,
Brown, Thomas,
Button, Hannah,
Cave, John,
Crouch, John,
Cooper, Thomas,
Cattlin, Thomas,
Clare, Ann,
Cranfield, Eleanor,
Cooper, Martha,
Carles, William,
Chapman, Edward,
Chapman, Richard,
Docherill, Mary,
Day, Martha,
Field, John,
Field, Mary,
Hewitt, Richard,
Kirby, Thomas,
Lane, Elizabeth,
Layton, Thomas,
Lightwood, Penelope,
Mehew, Jemima,
Mingay, Ann,
Melchbourne, Mary,
Melchbourne, Alice,
Pettitt, Peter,
Piggott, John,
Page, Susannah,
Reynolds, Catherine,
Ruffhead, Elizabeth,
Richardson, Elizabeth,
Rugeley, Abigail,
Raymond, John,
Rush, Thomas,
Stewardson, William,
Somes, Thomas,
Smith, Elizabeth,
Stewardson, Mary,
Stewardson, John,
Tilley, John,
Witt, Ann,
Wootton, William,
Wright, John,
Walton, Hannah,
Harpur Trust

BEDFORD, Harpur Trust, Bedford Charity, apprenticeship, trade, wages/conditions, carpenter, cordwainer, draper, grocer, glover, lace maker, mantua maker, stone mason, tailor, whitesmith, wool stapler, AMPTHILL, BEDFORD, POTTON, St Neots